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Shandon Drive, BANGOR, BT20 5HL

An old grating that sits right in the middle of Shandon Drive in Bangor. Although badly worn, the inscription "Union Foundry Belfast" can still just be seen. Interestingly, Shandon Drive has recently been resurfaced and almost all the manhole and grating covers were removed and replaced - this was the only one left untouched, even though it appears to be blocked and serve no useful purpose.

Short cul-de-sac off Clifton Road. Laid out in the 1920s.

Another of the old electricity boxes found in Bangor. This one is on Shandon Drive. Again marked 'Borough of Bangor Electricity Department'. Made by Johnson & Phillips Electrical Engineers of London. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9637907 for some related images.

Short street running off Clifton Road and leading, as the sign shows, to Carrisbrooke Image and Victoria Terrace Image

This part of the school will be retained and turned into apartments. The plaque reads 'Crosby House, 1914'.

The former Crosby House, part of Bangor Grammar School Image, now apparently undergoing redevelopment into apartments.

This was blowing about in the wind outside. Such cards will be familiar to thousands of past pupils who were issued with one at the start of each school year. The school day, beginning after assembly at 9:05am, was split into 8 periods of 40 minutes; break was between periods 3 & 4 from 11:05am-11:20am; lunch (50 minutes) was either period 6 or 7 depending what year you were in and the day finished at 3:20pm. Nowadays pupils are given a computer print-out of their classes.

Wall mounted George V postbox on Victoria Road in Bangor (BT20 276). The maker of this box was McDowell, Steven & Co. Ltd, of London and Falkirk.

Looking towards the Seacliff Road. Unlike nearby Ballyholme Road Image, Ward Ave has not (yet) been touched by the dreaded developers.

This is the oldest section of the school, dating from 1905. The rest of the school buildings (unseen, behind) have been built in stages over the last 100 years. This building is known as the Crosby Building - in fact, only the far right hand portion, added in 1914, is officially known as Crosby House. The low section on the left was added in 1960. This was taken in 2007 when the school was still sited here: the site was vacated at the end of 2012 when it relocated to a new campus on Gransha Road. The Crosby Building/Crosby House is retained, the other buildings demolished (see http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/8816 ).